But becausesome of the peoplewerehard-hearted and would not givehearing, sayingevilwordsabout the Way before the people, he wentawayfromthem, and kept the disciplesseparate, reasoningevery day in the school of Tyrannus.

But some of the Jews who wentfromplace to placedriving out evilspirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the LordJesusoverthose who had evilspirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whomPaul is preaching.

And you see, for it has come to yourears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all throughAsia, thisPaul has beenteachingnumbers of people and turningthemaway, sayingthatthose are not gods who are made by men'shands:

And there is danger, not onlythat our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holyplace of the greatgoddessDiana may be no longerhonoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the worldgiveworship, will be put downfrom her highposition.

And when the chiefsecretary had got the peoplequiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man withoutknowledgethat the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holyplace of the greatDiana, who was sentdownfromJupiter?

For, truly, we are in danger of beingmaderesponsible for thisday'strouble, therebeing no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for thiscomingtogether. And when he had saidthis, he sent the meetingaway.